African governments must invest in biotech to improve agriculture

Yaw Frimpong Addo is the Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture The Deputy Minister for Food…

Botswana: Ostrich Farming Commercially Viable

Though besieged by different challenges, Botswana’s ostrich farming sector can be revived. This came to light…

Longmont Rotary celebrates progress on Botswana learning garden

Amy McBride, a member of the Rotary Club of Gaborone in Botswana, updates Longmont Rotary on…

TUNISIA PRICKLY PEAR PRODUCERS PREDICT CACTI COSMETICS CASH-IN

On the road to Zelfen, Tunisia, fields of prickly pear trees stretch as far as the…

NEW INITIATIVE TO INCREASE MILK PRODUCTION IN ZIMBABWE

The Zimbabwe Sunday News recently reported that the current milk production capacity of thatcountry was just below 80…

KENYA LIFTS 10-YEAR BAN ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS

In a major policy shift, newly elected Kenyan President William Ruto’s government hasauthorised the cultivation and…

Free State loses millions of rands in grain seed theft

The theft of grain seed in the Free State is escalating alarmingly, with millions of rands…

Army worms devastate maize fields in DR Congo's east

In the territory of Nyiragongo, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, maize farmers…

Heavy floods ravage west Africa farmlands

Nigeria rice farmer Adamu Garba squelched barefoot through his paddy fields, surveyingdamage from devastating floods that…

ROLLING BLACKOUTS THREATEN SA’S FOOD SECURITY AND EXPORTS

Justin Chadwick, CEO of the Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa, Jacques du Preez,Hortgro’s general manager…